It's often said that Microsoft SharePoint as a platform isn't bad — it's the implementation that's the problem. SharePoint's reputation for poor implementations is certainly open for the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based Huddle collaboration platform to exploit in gaining new customers. Here are three typical SharePoint collaboration scenarios and how Huddle might compete to unseat SharePoint.

A common scenario is where SharePoint is in place and suffering from false starts and spotty organizational adoption. Project teams have given up on it. The organization is no longer getting a return on their SharePoint investment. Here is how Huddle and SharePoint compete in that scenario (Figure A).
Figure A

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2: SharePoint is in place, augmented with third-party applications and is integral to business processes

There are enterprises that extend SharePoint using third-party and custom developed applications to run business processes. This scenario is a bit more difficult for Huddle to compete against SharePoint (Figure B).
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3: Organizations that have gone to Bring Your Own Cloud with no set platform standards

Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) is becoming an increasingly popular option for collaboration platforms and an ideal situation for Huddle to challenge SharePoint (Figure C).
Figure C

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Will Kelly is a freelance technical writer and analyst currently focusing on enterprise mobility, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and the consumerization of IT. He has also written about cloud computing, Big Data, virtualization, project management ap...

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Will Kelly is a freelance technical writer and analyst currently focusing on enterprise mobility, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and the consumerization of IT. He has also written about cloud computing, Big Data, virtualization, project management applications, Google Apps, Microsoft technologies, and online collaboration for TechRepublic and other sites. Will also works as a contract technical writer for clients in the Washington, DC area and nationwide. Follow Will on Twitter: @willkelly.